The Longest Shortest Time

EPISODE #240: Bobbi Brown on the Beauty and Messiness of Motherhood

When Bobbi Brown was a kid, her parents put a lot of work into looking good. Bobbi would watch her mom in awe as she put on makeup, getting ready to go out for the evening. As a teen, things got more complicated for Bobbi, when her mom shifted her attention to Bobbi’s looks and suggested she get a nose job. (Bobbi declined.)

Later, Bobbi built a career out of making people look beautiful by enhancing their natural features, like strong noses, freckles, and hooded eyelids. Her first company, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, was a huge hit with women — especially moms. Still, there were executives who encouraged Bobbi to hide the fact that she was a mom.

Tune in to hear about the messiness of raising three boys while building beauty empire — and how Bobbi capitalized on putting her soccer-momness front and center.

More Bobbi

Bobbi Brown is no longer affiliated with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. We get into why in the episode. In 2020, Bobbi launched her new beauty brand, Jones Road Beauty.

Check out Bobbi’s memoir, Still Bobbi, which is full of entertaining and poignant stories about parenthood and her own childhood… including that time her dad rescued her sister’s hand from a lion’s mouth. Yes, really.

It’s a Real Mother

We’ve heard so many stories about working moms being told to hide the fact that they’re moms, we did a whole series on it! Binge it here.